Waguan Temple

Waguan Temple (Chinese: 瓦官寺; pinyin: Waguansi; lit. 'Tile Office Temple') was a Buddhist temple in Jiankang in AD 364. Its name is derived from it having been built on the site of an old potters' kiln on the southern bank of the Qinhuai River.[1] In the biography of Zhu Fatai, who greatly expanded the temple, the area was originally used to create urns for the dead whose remains were disposed of in the public burial ground.[2]

  1. ^ Chittick, Andrew (2020-02-28). The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and World History. Oxford University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-19-093755-3.
  2. ^ Lagerwey, John; Lü, Pengzhi (2009-10-30). Early Chinese Religion: The Period of Division (220-589 Ad). BRILL. pp. 644–645. ISBN 978-90-04-17585-3.